catapult; ballista; mangonel; onager; trebuchet
ability; performance; efficiency
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
unable to resist; unable to suppress
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
research; study; investigation
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
censorship; inspection; examination
spy; secret agent; spying
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
prototype model; experimental machine
capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder
even more; still more; further
to not believe one's ears
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
that's true; of course; obviously
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to mind; to care; to worry
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to be main; to be principal; to be important
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
thunderous roar; roaring sound
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)